Will Crothers

William "Will" Crothers (born June 14, 1987 in Kingston , Ontario ) is a Canadian rower who won the 2012 Olympic silver in eighth .

Athletic career

Crothers won the bronze medal in the four-man with helmsman at the Junior World Championships in 2004 , and the following year he and Richard Anderson took fourth place in the two-man without helmsman . In 2006 Crothers won the U23 World Championships with the Canadian eighth . In the same year Crothers also competed at the world championships in the adult class and together with Max Lang , Chris Aylard , Robert Gibson and helmsman Stephen Cheng, they won the silver medal in the four with helmsman. In 2007 the Canadian eight reached only the B final at the U23 World Championships, in 2008 the crew received the silver medal behind the US eight. In his final year at the U23 World Championships, Crothers finished fourth in 2009 with the four-man without a helmsman .

In 2010 Crothers rowed in the Canadian eight for the first time, and at the world championships the boat took seventh place as the winner of the B final. Five years after his first adult world championship medal, Crothers rowed eighth to third place behind the Germany eighth and the British at the 2011 World Championships . In 2012 the Canadian eighth set a world best time of 5: 19.35 minutes in the run-up to the Rowing World Cup in Lucerne , but still only finished third in the final. At the Olympic Games in London, the German eighth won ahead of the Canadians.

In 2013, three rowers, Conlin McCabe , Robert Gibson and Will Crothers, switched from the silver eight of 2012 to the four without a helmsman , together with Will Dean the crew took 14th place at the world championships . In 2014 Kai Langerfeld rowed for Will Dean in the Canadian four-man , and the four-man finished fifth at the World Championships . The following year, the Canadian foursome with the cast Will Crothers, Tim Schrijver , Kai Langerfeld and Conlin McCabe rowed to fourth place at the 2015 World Championships . At the 2016 Olympics , the Canadians finished sixth.

Web links

• Will Crothers in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Will Crothers at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )